Does 3M pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, 3M employees rate their compensation and benefits as 3.9 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at 3M. This rating has been stable over the past 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at 3M?

69% of 3M employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated 3M 3.7 out of 5 for work life balance, 3.7 for culture and values and 3.4 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at 3M?

Sales Representative (139) , Estagiário (121) , Manager (96) , Engineer (95) , Supply Chain Analyst (95) , Machine Operator (74) , Customer Service Representative (66) , Intern (65) , Production Operator (65) , Technical Aide (65) , Marketing (60) , Software Engineer (58) , Sales (57) , Manufacturing Engineer (53) , Analyst (49)

What are the pros of working at 3M according to real employee reviews?

"The benefits are changing and while not as good as they once were they are still not bad." ((in 626 reviews)); "The people are great and supportive" ((in 450 reviews)); "The pay is good and the work great." ((in 411 reviews)); "They have a lot focused groups and activities which shows how inclusive and great their culture are" ((in 305 reviews)); "Good work life balance.Reputed brand and respected company" ((in 245 reviews))

What are the cons of working at 3M according to real employee reviews?

"Poor management waiting for redundancies" ((in 248 reviews)); "There are frequent layoffs and all employees live in fear of the next round." ((in 99 reviews)); "Can be horrible if your suck under a bad manager." ((in 76 reviews)); "Poor leadership; resting on old innovation laurels; unfavorable workplace if coming from another company" ((in 70 reviews)); "Poor upper management, the company has lost site of actual leadership." ((in 58 reviews))

What are employees saying about 3M layoffs in 2026?

Explore Glassdoor’s employee reviews to understand what current and former employees are saying about 3M layoffs and their outlook for job security at 3M in 2026.

What are the top reviewed 3M locations?

Neuß , Hilden , Seefeld , Wiesbaden , Wuppertal , Dormagen , Düsseldorf , Kamen , Köln , Burgkirchen an der Alz

3M reviews

3.7

69% would recommend to a friend

(5,844 total reviews)

William M. Brown

54% approve of CEO

49% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

3.9

Diversity & inclusion

3.9

Compensation and benefits

3.7

Culture & values

3.7

Work/Life balance

3.4

Career opportunities

3.0

Senior management

3M has an employee rating of 3.7 out of 5 stars, based on 5,844 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The 3M employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Produktion industry (3.5 stars).

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6K reviews

3.0

Aug 9, 2013

B to B very closely knitted company with very well reputed business partners

Category sales

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

- Working environment is very good. - International exposure - Cross functional moves

Cons

- Very bad pay master

2.0

Aug 8, 2013

Meetings. Meetings. More Meetings. None of them useful.

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Very good 401k match. 6% dollar for dollar. Not much else is worth mentioning.

Cons

Too many meetings. Corporate pours millions into the headquarters while squeezing the remote sites. Too many people in St. Paul and not enough in the plants. They grow by acquisition and not innovation. Heatlh insurance is expensive and the coverage is terrible. People are pigeoned-holed and not allowed to think. Too many chiefs and not enough support staff. Their IT systems are old and dated. They have Lotus Notes for email which is the worst on the market. SAP rollout is sucking millions of dollars and the company has been outsourcing staff to India and other countries and those people are slow to respond and not very helpful. Pay me now or pay me later.

5.0

Aug 7, 2013

Great Job

Contract engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Very good work environment. I love the ability to work on different projects all at the same time. The managers are also very committed.

Cons

The fact that 3M is a big company is not always the easiest thing to deal with. Decisions can be made without any of your input.

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